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News Second Life creator, Linden Lab, is tightening security in its virtual world by introducing an identity verification (IDV) system for its residents. The technology is currently available in a beta version of Second Life, which can only be accessed...
[30 Aug 2007]
News Reuters is to extend its influence beyond the real world by opening a virtual news bureau in the online world of Second Life. Second Life members will be able to meet in the virtual Reuters atrium where they can discuss the events of the day while...
[16 Oct 2006]
Photo The ING Renault Formula One team has opened its very own island and race circuit (above) - in virtual world Second Life. The island was launched at a virtual press conference - which took place at the Monaco Grand Prix and in London - with Renault...
[01 Jun 2007]
Photo BT is developing services that could allow users of virtual worlds to call or text out to their colleagues and friends in the real world. The consumer need we recognise is that people play Second Life but they have many friends and contacts that...
[13 Sep 2007]
News Once thought of as an escape from real world hassles such as money, virtual worlds - such as World of Warcraft (WoW) and Second Life - are beginning to operate just like real-world economies. For example gaming company MindArk recently unveiled a...
[23 May 2006]
News Second Life had to close its cyber gates for a short time on Sunday after a 'grey goo' virus attacked the virtual world. The virtual world was closed for 21 minutes to all except Linden staff, who were busy tidying up the aftermath of the grey goo.
[20 Nov 2006]
Photo The company has been experimenting with tennis in the virtual world for some time - it started last year with a site on a private island, followed with experiments around the Australian Open and the French Open.
[18 Jun 2007]
News Microsoft is playing catch-up to rival Google with the release of a beta world mapping service, MSN Virtual Earth. Virtual Earth is a wrap up of a number of location-based services, including mapping of the world's surface, map annotation and...
[25 Jul 2005]
News Changing consumer trends and the new generation of young "digital natives" are forcing drinks giant Diageo to exploit new digital marketing channels such as the virtual world Second Life. One of the issues for Diageo is ensuring the company doesn't...
[11 Jun 2007]
News Kids will be able to use the planned virtual world to access BBC content and create avatars to interact with characters from BBC children's programmes. Unsurprisingly, the BBC's virtual world will not see any money changing hands, unlike Second Life.
[24 Jan 2007]
News Second Life creator Linden Lab admits it has been forced to increase security and change some of its policies to stamp out illegal and nuisance behaviour in the virtual world. Linden Lab's head of community, Robin Harper, told silicon.com that...
[12 Feb 2008]
whitepaper The Internet and the World Wide Web provide a global virtual marketplace, without location and time constraints. The Internet and the World Wide Web provide a global virtual marketplace, without location and time constraints.
[24 Feb 2004]
News University College London (UCL) is looking at conducting psychological experiments in a virtual world that no longer take place in the real world, to ease earlier ethical concerns. The UCL-led study repeated, in a virtual environment, a classic...
[20 Dec 2006]
News Asked whether they'd ever visited a virtual world, more than half (58 per cent) of respondents to a silicon.com reader poll said they had never been tempted to find out what life as an orc is like. You may be able to fly around chatting to giant...
[19 Jun 2007]
News Rosedale, chief executive of Linden Lab, the company that runs Second Life, said: "It is likely that virtual world activities are somewhat more policeable and the law somewhat more maintainable within virtual worlds.
[02 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Security patching of servers currently plagues the virtual world much as it does the physical, but presents a slightly unique set of problems. The solution to maintaining these virtual environments is to apply the same concept of virtualization to...
[22 Dec 2006]
News Second Life residents can use the in-world scripting language to configure their new virtual Dell PCs to perform a number of simple tasks, such as alerting a resident when their friends are nearby, said Second Life creator Philip Rosedale.
[15 Nov 2006]
whitepaper To help bring state-of-the-art technology into its training lab without requiring a state-of-the-art budget, SWCC implemented Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to deliver real-world training using virtual machine...
[16 Mar 2007]
whitepaper To help bring state-of-the-art technology into its training lab without requiring a state-of-the-art budget, SWCC implemented Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to deliver real-world training using virtual machine...
[16 Mar 2007]
News We've got a lot of content assets - I'm sure we'd supply content in the virtual world," Erixon said. But now the world's largest operator is planning to set up shop in a new territory - its very own island in the virtual world of Second Life - and...
[01 Nov 2006]
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